The first round of the 2002–03 UEFA Cup was contested between 17 September and 3 October 2002. A total of 96 teams participated in this round, with the 48 winners advancing to the second round.

Format In the first round, each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time were played, divided into two fifteen-minute halves. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out.

Qualified teams The first round involved 96 teams: 39 directly qualified for this round (including the three Intertoto Cup winners), 41 advancing from the qualifying round, and 16 losers from the Champions League third qualifying round.

Key to coloursWinners of first round advanced to second round +First round participantsTeamNotes Lazio 106.334 Parma 91.334 Chelsea 83.729 Leeds United 76.729 Celta Vigo 76.233 Porto 66.124 Bordeaux 63.176 Panathinaikos 57.058 Alavés 55.233 VfB Stuttgart 53.495 Hertha BSC 52.495 Paris Saint-Germain 51.176 Real Betis 49.233 Sparta Prague 48.312 Slavia Prague 47.312 Schalke 04 46.495 Werder Bremen 46.495 Rangers 46.062 PAOK 41.058 Anderlecht 38.762 Sturm Graz 37.625 Boavista 36.124 Celtic 36.062 Ipswich Town 35.729TeamNotes Dinamo Zagreb 35.520 Málaga 34.233 Sporting CP 34.124 Vitesse 30.082 Chievo 29.334 Grasshopper 29.312 Slovan Liberec 29.312 Blackburn Rovers 28.729 Fulham 27.729 Heerenveen 27.082 Hapoel Tel Aviv 26.666 Beşiktaş 26.362 GAK 25.625 Copenhagen 24.687 Servette 24.312 Shakhtar Donetsk 23.979 Iraklis 23.058 Varteks 22.520 Wisła Kraków 21.750 Lorient 21.176 Utrecht 21.082 Brøndby 20.687 Fenerbahçe 19.362 Kocaelispor 19.362TeamNotes Red Star Belgrade 18.165 Skoda Xanthi 18.058 Legia Warsaw 17.750 Viking 17.737 Ankaragücü 16.362 Amica Wronki 15.750 Maccabi Tel Aviv 15.666 CSKA Moscow 14.645 Zenit Saint Petersburg 14.645 Litex Lovech 14.582 CSKA Sofia 14.582 Denizlispor 14.362 Viktoria Žižkov 14.312 Partizan 14.165 Leixões 14.124 Hajduk Split 13.520 Aberdeen 13.062 Livingston 13.062 Metalurh Donetsk 12.979 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 12.979 Mouscron 12.762 Stabæk 12.737 Kärnten 12.625 AIK 12.620TeamNotes Austria Wien 11.625 Levski Sofia 11.582 Rapid București 10.958 Ferencváros 9.874 Primorje 8.916 Matador Púchov 8.832 Polonia Warsaw 8.750 Midtjylland 8.687 Odense 8.687 Djurgårdens IF 8.620 Sartid 8.165 Újpest 7.874 Anorthosis Famagusta 7.666 Național București 6.958 Zalaegerszeg 6.874 Dinamo Tbilisi 6.499 APOEL 4.666 Ventspils 3.582 Zimbru Chișinău 3.582 Gomel 2.041 Sūduva 1.915 Željezničar 0.666 Sarajevo 0.666 Široki Brijeg 0.666

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Seeding The draw was held on 30 August 2002 in Monaco. Before the draw, the 96 teams were divided into 48 seeded and 48 unseeded teams, based on their 2002 UEFA club coefficients. For convenience of the draw and to avoid pairing of teams from the same association, the teams were distributed into six groups of sixteen teams, each containing an equal number of seeded and unseeded teams. In the draw, a seeded team from each group was paired with an unseeded team from the same group. The first team to be drawn played the first leg at home.

Group 1Group 2Group 3SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededGroup 4Group 5Group 6SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded

Summary

The first legs were played on 17 and 19 September, and the second legs were played on 1 and 3 October 2002.

Matches

Paris Saint-Germain won 4–0 on aggregate.

Partizan won 6–4 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw won 7–2 on aggregate.

Real Betis won 4–1 on aggregate.

Beşiktaş won 7–2 on aggregate.

Parma won 4–3 on aggregate.

Levski Sofia won 5–2 on aggregate.

2–2 on aggregate; Anderlecht won on away goals.

Național București won 3–2 on aggregate.

Lazio won 4–0 on aggregate.

Hertha BSC won 1–0 on aggregate.

Ipswich Town won 2–1 on aggregate.

Boavista won 4–2 on aggregate.

Fenerbahçe won 6–4 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague won 4–0 on aggregate.

Austria Wien won 5–2 on aggregate.

3–3 on aggregate; Denizlispor won on away goals.

Viking won 5–4 on aggregate.

Hapoel Tel Aviv won 4–1 on aggregate.

VfB Stuttgart won 8–2 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb won 9–1 on aggregate.

Djurgårdens IF won 3–1 on aggregate.

3–3 on aggregate; Viktoria Žižkov won on away goals.

Vitesse won 2–1 on aggregate.

Leeds United won 2–1 on aggregate.

4–4 on aggregate; Amica Wronki won on away goals.

Sturm Graz won 8–6 on aggregate.

Ferencváros won 5–0 on aggregate.

Málaga won 1–0 on aggregate.

Bordeaux won 10–1 on aggregate.

Slovan Liberec won 4–2 on aggregate.

PAOK won 5–3 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos won 3–1 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade won 2–0 on aggregate.

Fulham won 3–2 on aggregate.

Wisła Kraków won 8–1 on aggregate.

APOEL won 3–1 on aggregate.

Celta Vigo won 2–1 on aggregate.

Werder Bremen won 10–2 on aggregate.

Celtic won 10–1 on aggregate.

Porto won 6–2 on aggregate.

Schalke 04 won 8–1 on aggregate.

Grasshopper won 4–3 on aggregate.

Alavés won 5–1 on aggregate.

5–5 on aggregate; Anorthosis Famagusta won on away goals.

Midtjylland won 2–1 on aggregate.

4–4 on aggregate; Blackburn Rovers won on away goals.

Slavia Prague won 7–3 on aggregate.

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